Security update for libxml2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1299-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-19956 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2019-19956 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2019-20388 ( SUSE ): 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2019-20388 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-7595 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2020-7595 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Python 2 Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-20388: Fixed a memory leak in xmlSchemaPreRun (bsc#1161521).
  • CVE-2019-19956: Fixed a memory leak (bsc#1159928).
  • CVE-2020-7595: Fixed an infinite loop in an EOF situation (bsc#1161517).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-1299=1
  • Python 2 Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python2-15-SP1-2020-1299=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-3.19.8
    • python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-3.19.10
    • python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-3.19.10
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.7-3.19.8
    • libxml2-2-2.9.7-3.19.8
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.7-3.19.8
    • python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-3.19.10
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.7-3.19.8
    • libxml2-devel-2.9.7-3.19.8
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.9.7-3.19.8
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.7-3.19.8
  • Python 2 Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python2-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-3.19.10
    • python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-3.19.10
    • python2-libxml2-python-2.9.7-3.19.10

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